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Need help logging exercise

tara_means_star
tara_means_star Posts: 957 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Hi guys,

I just spent an hour in the pool doing constant forward and back handsprings, and hand stands with a few other "acrobatic" type activities thrown in--in the pool. I'm trying to log this exercise but I have no idea what to call it or how to find out approximately how many calories I burned doing this. I can tell I got a work out because I'm exhausted--btw it's a lot more fun to do laps in handsprings than just swimming...

Anybody have any idea how I can log this and find out calories burned?

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  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Aquarobics then half it
  • tara_means_star
    tara_means_star Posts: 957 Member
    why half?
  • gabrielleelliott90
    gabrielleelliott90 Posts: 854 Member
    What I would do is get an activity tracker you can wear underwater, and log it as water-aerobics. Which is basically the same as aquarobics. I'd personally say 500 odd but that is a guesstimate.
  • malibu927
    malibu927 Posts: 17,562 Member
    taracan25 wrote: »
    why half?

    Many entries in MFP's database are overestimated, so people who eat back their exercise calories generally only eat 50% back.

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